Texas cavalry Lieutenant??

[n2shootin]

I have in my collection a pair of Dragoon stirrups. They came from an estate sale in Texas, and the story is told that they are from a Texas Cavalry division. (?) They have a name on the bottom of them and a date, T. H. Jones 1864. I have been able to find absolutely nothing on this guy. On one of them, he just scribed his name. On the other he has scribed Lieut. Jones. 1864 is on both. Any help would be appreciated. I will include pictures. Thanks for looking.

 

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[DixieRifles]

A Texas Cavalry Division---hmmm. That could be a generic reference but I dont' know how to interpret it. An entire cavalry division from Texas? It is obvious that they might have meant a Regiment.

There was a Waul's Texas Legion. It was a large force that was originally larger than a Brigade. Since it included a large contigent of cavalry with the infantry and artillery, the HQ's decided it was too bulky and split off the cavalry unit. It became known as Willis' Texas Regiment, commanded by Colonel Leonidas Willis.

That is the only one I know about. There may be more large Texas cavalry units. Everyone in Texas wanted to fight mounted at the start of the war. Many units were forced to dismount even though they retained their name.

 

[CMWinkler]

I could not find T. H. Jones in any Texas Cavalry unit. I thought TH might be short for Thomas, as well and looked under that name and nothing. Maybe a better researcher can find him.

 

[n2shootin]

I searched the National Park service records for that name, just typed in Confederate, no state, and 8 different T.H. Jones came up. Trouble is, there was no Lieutenants.

 

[CMWinkler]

I searched the National Park service records for that name, just typed in Confederate, no state, and 8 different T.H. Jones came up. Trouble is, there was no Lieutenants.

Yes, all I found on Fold3 were privates. I got ahead of myself typing. Fold3 has several T H's but all were privates.

 

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[101combatvet]

I think your stirrups are post war. Have you found any examples of this type used during the CW?

This reference might be helpful. "Horse Equipment of the Civil War Era" written by Howard R. Crouch

 

[James N.]

I think your stirrups are post war. Have you found any examples of this type used during the CW?

There *may* also have been a "Texas Cavalry Division" circa the Spanish-American War; or an element of the Texas National or State Guard around the same time.

 

[n2shootin]

I have not looked into either war or post war, only because of the collector I got them from. If he has it, it's usually (always) period. Hmmmmmmm.

 

[DixieRifles]

Fold3 has several T H's but all were privates.

I checked Indian Wars and saw several T Jones but only one Lieutenant---with a different middle name.

 

[n2shootin]

Thanks for looking, really scratching my head on this one..........